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JAIL CONDITIONS UNSAT(SFACTORY TWENTY-FOUR INSPECTED STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SHOW LOW SCORES. BY DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. RaleigQ. Twenty-four county Jails, recently Inspected by officials of the State Board of Health, have made an avei age score of 56 out of a possible 100, which the State Board of Health pro nounces as unsatisfactory. The in speclon was conducted under the au thority conveyed by an act of the last Legislature. The examination had to do particularly with provisions for the health of the prisoners, and examin ers dealt Plainly with precautions against vermin, ventilation, floor space, water supply, sewerage dis posal, furniture, recreation, clothing, bathing, beds, flies and mosquitoes. Before the last examination seven other county jails had been inspected with similar results. The results of inspections for the entire State will be included in a booklet to be pub lished by the State Board of Health not later than March, 1819, which will contain, in addition to the reports of the surveys and gradings determined by the score card system, actual pho tographs of conditions. The jails inspected, with their scores, are: Buncombe, 53; Burke, 40; Caldwell, 67; Cabarrus, 66; Cra ven, 55; Edgecombe, 60; Franklin, 67; Halifax, 69; Harnett. 62; Haywood. 40; Henderson, 52 Hoke, 60; Madi - ' ,,-t v..... son, 73; McDowell, 40; Mecklenburg, 5; Moore, 59; Northampton, 31; Or ange, 60; Richmond, 60 . ; Scotland, 55; Transylvania, 28; Vance, 78; Watau ga, 42"; City of Asheville, 53. Tran sylvania and Northampton county jails scored lowest, while Vance and Madi son, it may be said, made the only passable scores. Among the conditions found that were violatinos of the rules and reg ulations for the sanitary management of county jails, as provided for in chap ter 286, Public Laws of 1917, were: In & number of the jails the present of vermin and failure to separate prison ers having infectious diseases, and in the majority of the jails inspected lack of proper and sufficient clothing, particularly night clothing; lack of fa cilities for bathing, lack of cleanliness as to beds, as well as sufficient bed ding; lack of screens against flies and mosquitoes and lack of the required measures for comfort and recreation. Kerosene Menace Looms Large. James R .Young, Commissioner of Insurance, is calling attention to the greatly increased number of deaths and fires caused by carelessness in the use of kerosene to start fires. He has just sent out the following: "Week after week the casualties re ported to the North Carolina Insur- ance Department show signs of gross carelessness and add to the already ' chairmen of the County Councils of far too long list of dead and Injured National Defense asking them to take who have been sacrificed on the altar steps at once to look after the fami of negligence. Looming large among ues 0f soldiers, and especially to see the causes for this carelessness is the to it that where there Is poverty and habit of using kerosene to start fires, sickness that these people are extend In spite of warnings and citations of ed not only whatever financial aid is the horrible results, people are still necessary but also given human sym observing this reckless practice in pathy. many parts of North Carolina. The j Governor Bickett quoted at length following item is taken from a recent : from a letter he has received from issue of one of the state papers: "A frame dwelling opposite the Southern depot at Advance, Davie County, was burned this morning at 5:30 o'clock, and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Williams and Mr. Williams' aged moth er were probably fatally burned. Two small children , rescued, were not burned so badly. It Is stated that Mr. Williams rose about 5:30 and was in the act of starting a fire with kero sene oil. Indications are that the oil was poured on the wood and a match struck to light the fire when by some means the can exploded, throwing oil on Mr. Williams. The flames spread over his clothing and in trying to ex tinguish them Mrs. Williams caught in fire. "The aged mother of Mr. Williams rushed to the bed and picked up her little grandchild and in passing out cf the room her clothing became ig nited and she fell in a faint. The 6-year-old daughter of Mr. Williams took the child and carried it outside the house. Neighbors assisted the hus band, wife, and mother out of the building, but not until they had re ceived wounds that will probably prove fatal." Kill Rats and Save Food. The many economies being practised by North Carloina farmers to save all food possible is of no avail if he is to allow the rats and mice to make way with more food and feedstuffs than he can save by careful economy. It is estimated that the loss due to destruc tion by raits on the average North Car olina farm will pay the taxes of that farm with some to spare. According to a bulletin received from the United States Department of Agriculture, the destruction of food and property in the United States amounts to millions. Camps Bu Local Products. Director ti. W. Kilgot 9, of the Exten sion Service, announced that from in formation received from the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, local truckers in the vicinity of Na tional Guard Camp and National Army cantonment will be called upon to sup ply to some extent the vegetables needd by these stabllshmnts. In a let ter sent -from the quartermaster's of fice at Charleston, S- C, to the camp quartermaster at each army camp in the southeastern department the fol lowing informtion is given: "It is de sired that the growers in the vicinity of your cantonment be informed of the approximate quantity of vegeta bles that will be required during a given period, and informed that the government will purchase vegetables after sending out circular proposals and that the award will be made to grower or firm who offers the vegeta bles at the lowest price. "In furnishing this information, all those interested must be impressed with the idea that if growers or firms in some other part of the country agree to furnish vegetables at a bet ter price the government will, of cours, purchase from the lowest bid der. "Report will be made to this office, with the least practicable delay show ing the approximate quantities of the various vegetables, which it is thought will be required at your camp for the winter and spring period." Women Agents Are Named. Announcements made some time ago that the North Carolina Agricul tural Extension service would place a home demonstration agent as well as a farm demonstration agent in every county in 'the State, is now followed XfSL the State to aid in the movement for food conservation. Miss Mary Clifford Bennett, a gradu ate of the State Normal of Harrisburg, Va., and a post-graduate In dietetics at Battle Creek, Mich., will be sta tioned In Wilmington; Miss Ethel Mc Donald, a graduate In home economics rf thn Vtr-naaa Oaf a A -f 14 .. -n 1 l A I. . f ....... liege, and a post-graduate with the de- ?r3 of Bachelor of Science at the same school, will be stationed at Asheville; Mrs. M. M. Davis, a gradu ate of the Tennessee State Normal School and with 'considerable experi ence in special work at the University of Tennessee and in Columbia Uni versity, will be stationed at Durham and Raleigh, devoting her time be tween the two cities; and Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughan, one of the best-known demonstrators of the South and teach er of Home economics in the recent summer school held at the college at West Raleigh, will be stationed In Winston-Salem. 1 Governor Grants Seven Pardons. Seven pardons granted by Governor Bickett brings his total during the ten months of his administration to 172 against the 432 during Governor Craig's term. But the pardon gates are becoming Increasingly difficult to open. Sweeping surveys of prisoners of the State have been followed by batches of pardons for men who, alone and without outside influence, have not thought of liberty. Generally speaking. Governor Bickett is getting down to the rock bottom and it is un derstood that pardons hereafter are going to be few and far between. Suggests Aid For Families at Home, Governor Bickett appealed to the "one of the most intelligent officers at Camp Sevier, in which the officer called attention to th need of encour aging the people back home. "The men here do not need Christ mas presents or feasts," the officer said, "they are all well cared for, have their friends and acquaintances, but they can not fully devote themselves to their work because they are think ing continuously of the dependents back home." Governor Bickett also urged that at tention be given to the matter of al lowances which the government has provided for the dependents of sol- d'iers, asking that the county coun cils give advice and instruction as to the manner of making - up claims against the government for these al lowances. Reports indicate that the new winter wheat crop, just planted, is nearly one fourth larger in area than that planted a year ago. About one hundred thousand manu facturers, wholesalers and other dis tHbutors of staple goods are now un der the licensing provisions of the Food Control Act. New Charters Are Issued. A chrater was Issued for the Me Leansville Mill (Inc.), of McLeans ville, Guilford county. The company proposes a general grain milling and mercantile business. The capital is $8,000 authorized and $5,500 subscrib ed by Chas. D. Cobb, J. M. Morehead. Another charter is for the National Products corporation, of Sylva, N. C. capital $150,000 authorized and $15,00 3'ibscribed by Frank B. Allen, W. M. Hoffman, John A. Presley, for timber and development, furniture and gen eral wood working. " nr: rate- m :&?Mjf gf Map showing the region where the British have broken a great gap through the Hindenburg line and ad vances! almost to Cambrai. At the right, one of the huge tanks that played an important part in the advance, and Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng, who led the victorious Third army, in the attack. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK General Byng Smashes Through Hindenburg Line Toward City of Cambrai. BOCHES TAKEN BY SURPRISE Tanks Play a Big Part in the Sensa tional Victory Italians Bravely Re sisting Powerful Attacks of Austro Germans Enemy Aliens in Amer ica Under Surveillance. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng smashed a great hole in the Hindenburg line between St. Quentin and the Searpe. General Diaz and his heroic Italians put a stop for the time being to the Teuton attacks on most of the Piave river line. General Alleuby and the British army in Palestine moved steadily on to the envelopment of Je rusalem. The French struck the crown prince's forces a hard blow in the Aisne sector. President Wilson placed the severest restrictions on en emy aliens in the United States. Altogether It was not a pleasant week for Kaiser Wllhelm. General Byng's sensational advance, which was begun Tuesday and con tinued through the week, was hailed as the greatest British victory since the Somme. Its success was due large ly to the element of surprise, for-the British had been delivering their pre paratory artillery fire much farther oorth and then suddenly attacked In the Cambrai sector, taking the Ger mans quite unawares. General Byng, who devised the plan and whose army carried it out, first sent out a great number of tanks, and as these cleared away the barbed-wire entanglements and broke through two of the strong est lines In the German defense sys tem in the west, the infantry and cav alry followed with a rush that car ried all before It. The Germans were demoralized, nnd for many hours of fered little resistance, surrendering by the thousand, nnd the British moved rapidly forward, taking village after village, and quickly consolidat ing the enemy positions, which had not been badly demolished by shell fire. Almost to Cambrai. On Wednesday the resistance of the enemy stiffened considerably, but to no avail, for the British pushed on un til they had put behind them the towns of Mosnieres, Marcoing, Itibecourt, Ilnvrincourt, Graincourt and Fles quieres. The tanks still were leading the way, and co-operating with them were the mounted forces, which have had so little opportunity for real ac tion. By Thursday noon Byng's troops were but little more than two miles from Cambrai, nnd his big guns had begun to shell that most important German base nd railway center. The British swiftly built roads and light railways across the captured sec tion up to their new lines and also be gan to widen out their salient, which at first was dangerously sharp. Crown Prince Rupprecht rushed up masses of troops and took up a strong position in Bourlon wood just north of the British salient, dominating the imme diate region. He also pushed the ad vance posts of the British out of Fon taine Notre Dame, but they held and consolidated all the rest of the terri tory they had gained. The secrecy which enveloped the preparations for this great movement was astounding and .speaks volumes for the skill of the British command ers and the efficiency of the aviation corps which prevented the enemy air scouts from discovering the massing of troops and tanks. The Cambrai sector had been quiet for a long time, and the Germans considered that part of their defense lines Impregnable. They also thought an attack in force on such defenses could rnot be made .successfully without artillery prepa ration. At tremendous cost they have learned they were mistaken in both In stances. Attack Has Several Objects. Aside from the capture of Cambrai and the possible forcing of a general retreat of the Germans on the west front, t"9 'v.rj-J.Aie object of this British .1 ve probably was to re lieve the pressure on the Italians and to prevent a threatened attack by the Teutonic forces on the Snloniki front. Very large 'numbers of German troops have been taken from the Russian front, nnd while many of them were sent to replace the worn-out divisions in Flanders, others probably were turned toward the Greek frontier. Not many could be used in Italy owing to the narrowness of the fighting front there. It does not seem reasonable to as sume, from the success of Byng's at tack, that the allies have any idea of abandoning high explosive artillery preparation for such movements In the future and depending on the use of great masses of infantry, regardless of the consequent heavy casualties. Either great droves of tanks such as Byng used, or heavy shelling, is nec essary to open the way for infantry, and it is likely the tanks alone could not have done it if the Germans had not been taken so completely by sur prise. The movements of the French last week were not so sensational ns those of the British, but they were of great importance. A strong salient of the German line to the south of Juvln court was attacked and partly straight ened out, and nil the positions recent ly won north of the Chemin des Dames were maintained. It is not unlikely that the Germans will be forced to a line north of Laon, losing that very important city. Allenby Surrounding Jerusalem. Jerusalem seems the certain prize of General Allenby's expeditionary forces in Palestine, for after taking Jaffa be moved on to the east and northeast un til he had the ity almost surrounded. If the Turks attempt seriously to de fend it, it may be Allenby will draw a cordon about It and starve them into surrender, rather than shock the Christian world by bombarding its holiest shrines. The remarkable tenacity with which the Italians held on to their Piave river line and Its continuation in the mountains between the Piave and the Brenta so checked the AustroGemmn advance that 'attacks virtually ceased during the first half of the week. On Thursday, however, the enemy began a great mass attack on the upper Pi ave where it bends to the northeast into the Belluno Alps, fhe German commander brought into action picked troops of the Prussian guards, some of the best units from the west and Russian fronts nnd a large body of the notoriously brutal mountaineers from lower Hungary. American Troops Going Over Fast. It is no breach of confidential infor mation to state now that the transpor tation of American troops to Europe is going forward with Increasing rapid ity, and that General Pershing prob ably will have a million men in his command by next summer. The train ing of a great part of the National army will be curtailed in America and completed quickly on French soil. The British government has now come over to the view of the French war commission that visited us, and Is urging that our troops get Into action in as large numbers and as swiftly as Is possible. This has been the pro gram of the administration for some time, nnd -the ship-bulldlng program has been speeded up accordingly. In fact. President Wilson Is insisting on swiftness in all departments, and on Monday he made his requirements In this line clear to various cabinet offi cers and other officials. At the same time he appointed Daniel Willard chairman of the war industries board to succeed Frank A. Scott, who re signed on account Af ill health. Rear Admiral Capps resigned as gen- ternl manager of the emergency fleet corporation on Thursday because he does not believe the policy of con structing wooden ships will result sat isfactorily, and thinks the shipping board should have extended existing plants to their capacity instead of at tempting to build new yards. Chair man Hurley, however, is eradicating many of the causes of comp'aint and his program promises to be successful if he can get enough labor. Mr. Wilson is earnestly even in- i sistently i favor of the creation of i a supreme war council of the allies, j and lias Instructed Colonel House to j do all he can to bring It about at the Paris conference. Triumph for Lloyd-George. When Premier Lloyd-George came to reply to his critics in parliament concerning Ids advocacy of the inter allied war council, he gained n grput personal triumph and quite routed As quit h and his followers. In the course of his speech he said the government censed to fear the submarine mennce, and that the only other thing that could shatter the allies' hope of vic tory was lack of unity. That, he as serted, was now to be remedied. . Next day, in the Anglo-American war council, the premier made his call for as many American troops as pos sible, and said the easing of the posi tion of the allies depends entirely on the dates on which the American Dro- fgram of launching six millions of ship ping in 1918 comes into practical ef fect. He asserted that the most dras tic food restrictions were about to be placed on the people of the British isles, and said he regarded the tight ening of the blockade as of next im portance. Russia Asks an Armistice. The Russian government meaning the bolsheviki group in control of Pet rograd on Wednesday Instructed General Bukhonin, the commander in chief, to open negotiations for an arm istice with the commanders of the en emy armies. Bokhonin refused and was deposed, being succeeded by En sign N. Krylenko of the navy. The kaiser is reported already to have refused to treat concerning peace with any but the legalized suc cessors to the government of the czar or the .constitutional assembly when it meets, but the way in which he has denuded his eastern line of troops shows lie has no further fear of hostile action by t,he Russians. Whether or not he is justified in -this attitude is uncertain, for there come from Russia stories of violent protests against a separate peace by the peo ple, and in some cases by the soldiers. General Kaiedines, hetman of the Don Cossacks, was reported to be marching toward Moscow with a large army, and In a very roundabout way came the story that these troops had been turned ovtr to Grand Duke Nich olas, cousin of the former czar, In pur suance of a plim to restore the mon archy with the grand duke as regent. Latest reports of Kerensky were that he was at Luga with two army corps that remained loyal to his faction. The fallen premier, however, seems to be quite out of the reckoning. The dismemberment of Russia pro ceeded with the declaration of the in dependence of the Ukraine, nnd a com promise between the Socialist and Bourgeois parties in Finland directed against the Russian soldiery. It is said 360,000 Ukrainian troops have been recalled from the front. In view of the conditions in Russia, the United States has stopped th shipment of supplies to that country. Restrictions on Enemy Aliens. President Wilson opened the week auspiciously by Issuing the long-needed order placing all enemy aliens un der strict surveillance and imposing drastic restrictions on them. They are barred from the District of Columbia and Panama, from, all shipping cen ters nnd nil dom'-Hc waters except on public ferries, and may not travel or change their place of abode or occu pation without permission. Ail enemy aliens are to be required to register The proclamation applies only to Ger Inan citizens or subjects at present, but congress nriy be asked to declare war against Austria-Hungary, so that the thousands of Austrian subjects also may be placed under surveillance. Squelching the opposition of a few pacifists, the American Federation of Labor, m convention at Buffalo, em phatically Indorsed the position of President Gompers. that union labor must work hand In hand with Presi dent . Wilson ard place the needs of the nation above nil other considern tions in questions involving the work ingnian's part in the prosecution of thi war. As a result of a long conference Thursday aftert oon between President Wilson and the presidents of the four brotherhoods of railway employees, the chief executive believed the danger of a general railway strike was greatly lessened if not wholly averted. Mr. Wilson intimated flint he thought lie men should have higher wages, and the brotherhood heads said that, though they cou'd not promise there would be no strike, they would "co-operate with the government to the utmost extent In arriving at a just and equitable nH well ns patriotic conclusion." Germany has been working on a plan for operating submarines along the coast of Brazil, with bases In Brazil inn waters, according to disclosures re suiting from the arrest of a promi nent resident of Rio de Janeiro. It may be some of the U-boats nlreadj are there, for fishermen and const wise vessels report having righted a perl scope near Rio Grande do Sul. M'GLURE STIRS STUDEN His Aduress at N. C. University Powerful Indictment of Germany's War Methods. Chapel Hill. Before an audience students and townspeople that mo than taxed the capacity of "Gerra haJl. S. S. McClure made the mol powerful indictment of German met oda of waging war that has ever be given here. He showed conclusive that Germany and Germany alone responsible for the present war; tha England, under Lord Grey's leader8hi had done all that any nation could d to keep the peace of Europe and tha America could not do otherwise tha throw in her lot with England an France in helping to make the worl safe for democracy. Perfect attention was given to Mr McClure for an hour and a half, dq spite the fact that large number were forced to stand in the back the room and in the gallery. Wheif he had closed the applause was tu multuous-and, as the students gath ered outside the building, college cheers were given for the speak. "If we had stayed out of this war, this would have been the saddest of all Thanksgivings in our history," said Mr. McClure. "Now that we have gone in, this should be the gladdest Thanksgiving in our history." . Continuing, he. said it once geemedi so hopeless that we really would act, the war was so terrible a thing; it im a terrible thing for our boys to go over there, but it would be more ter rible not to go. In conclusion, the speaker declared' that the creating of the union be tween England . and America and France was the greatest of all Ger man's achievements, the greatest event in modern history was the crea tion of the union between these coun tries to preserve the decencies of life- Seeking Co-Operation. Raleigh. The .transportation com mittee of the North Carolina council of defense. Col. Benehan Cameron.. chairman, is issuing an appeal to the? people of the state for extraordinary M co-operation of shippers and railroad managements in the use of all freight cars that are available to their utmost capacity and on the fastest schedules to overcome the extraordinary de mands that are being made for the '; movement of supplies for civil and military purposes. The appeal sets out that a set of simple rules already being observed to some extent and likely to be very generally put in operation has already given a large degree of relief with far greater relief promised when the rules become generally observed. All ship pers are urged to pufase from the nearest markets, be prepared to store the largest car load deliveries; group orders to carload lots when a single order is not that much; and promptly unload cars as they will stand idle the least bit of time possible. The railroad authorities are urge, to load heavyweight. freight to 10 per ' cent in excess of marked capacity of -cars and pack lightweight shipments, to the closest space. Group small ship ments for carload transportation and handle cars on fastest possible sched-, ules with prompt placing of cars for unloading and use most direct routesv in all shipments. . ; Central Hotel for Teachers.' Charlotte. The local entertainment committee for the Teachers' Assem bly has "arranged with the manage ment of the Central Hotel to have this hotel thrown open Monday, November 26, for the special benefit of the Teach ers' Assembly. This will relieve alt doubt as to the Inability of the Char-' lotte hotels to accommodate visiting: .3chool men who will be in attendance The Central hotel has been remod eled inside and out, and has been; handsomely furnished throughout with mahogany and Circassian walnut Telephones and hot and cold water have been installed. It is strictly a modern hotel in every respect. An Information and Registration Bureau will be opened In the lobby of th& Central and it will be sonsidered one of the assembly headquarters. The local committee are very greatly re lieved because of this arrangement The school men over the state need feel no apprehension as to accommo dations while in Charlottr NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS The French army officers stationed" at Camp Greene visited in Statesville? this week. Robeson and Cumberland counties-, were among the many that went "over the top" in the Y. M. C -A. campaign. Ex-Governor Locke Craig, who has been critically ill at his home in Ashe ville, has slowly but surely improved and his physicians state now that un less some unforeseen setback occur his recovery Is assured. North Carolina's death rate for the past yepr was 13 deaths per thousand population, compared with 13.2 for the previous i'ear. There was very little change in the birth rate. This is the announcement just made by the state board of health after compilation of the health statistics from every quar ter of the state. The death In the itate for the past year were 3.131, of which 18,714 were white people and 12,657 negroes. The negro death rate is six points higher than the death rate of the white people. That Is, the death rate of the negroes is 17, and that of tie white 11.2.
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